Meet Your Maker: Katin See How Katin's Custom Surf Styles are Made - From The Sketchbook To SWELL

Ask any surfer what the name ‘Katin’ means to them and they’ll claim the K-man invented boardshorts in the 1950′s and started the renowned surf competition, the Katin Classic Pro/Am. These pioneers were born in Surfside, CA and in an era of out-sourcing, still keep their production at home in SoCal. Given their commitment to quality, American-made goods, we’re stoked to feature Katin in SWELL’s Locals Only collection.

Take a tour of the Katin USA design and production headquarters with Justin Rogina (left) and Mac Beu –

From the sketchbooks, to the computer, Trevor Girard polishes off another Katin T-Shirt.

VP of sales Dale Rhodes, holds down the fort.

Katin’s signature boat float comes with every pair of boardshorts. Laying the ink on the “Suns Out” Tee. Katin t-shirts are hand made and printed in-house.

Many great accolades line the walls of the shop like the Katin Pro/Am of 76′

Sato Hughes gets the dimensions for her next custom boardshort that she still makes one-offs of

Hard at work, Sato sews every pair of custom made shorts in the back of the shop. Boardshort patterns that date back to the 60′s, hang in the shop. Jesse Watson and Sato Hughes of the Katin Surf Shop.. You can still design your own custom boardshorts that are hand made at the Katin Surf Shop.

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